The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-02-01
OUR LEGISLATORS.
Beginning Of What Promises to be a
Busy Week.
A Big Fight in Prospect Between
Bar Harbor Water Companies.
Act to Repeal the Charter Of the
Monson Railroad.
A Bill Presented for Railroad to
Mount Katahdin.
Proposed Legislation OF interest to
Portland.PeopIe.
Echoes From the House and Senate
Chambers.
A Bill Presented for a Railroad to
Mount Katahdin.
Proposed Legislation OF interest
Portland. People.
Echoes From the House and Senate
Chambers.
Especial to the PREss.l

Lne State House. Inc time Oh ueDaLeS on
the floor of House and Senate has not come
on, but there are some very important mat
ters to come up before the committees. Tc-
morrow the number Of important hearings
will be unusually large. Perhaps the most
interesting will be before the judiciary COM
mittee, when the fight between the Mount
Desert water companies will begin. The
Bar Harbor Water Company, which the Ro-
4 dicks control, now supplies Bar Harbor with
water Considerable dissatisfaction has
been caused by the management Of this com
pany, and this winter a movement has been
put on foot to incorporate the Eden Water
Company, which also wants to supply Bar
Harbor. The Rodicks are going to fight that
company to the bitter end, and have retained
George c. Yeaton to represent them tomor-
row. The Eden Company are just as deter
mined, and have employed Attorney General
Baker. About all of Bar Harbor will be
here tomorrow, to appear on one side or the
other. Hon. James G. Blaine will be one of
the witnesses ON the side of the Eden Com
pany. First Selectman John L. Higgins, Of
| Bar Harb0r, has been in Augusta several
| weeks in the interests of the Eden Company,
and the Rodicks have also had men here. 1t
will be a great fight
Then for tomorrow also are appointed the
| hearing before the temperance committee
and the hearing before the State prison COM
mittee on prison labor; then later in the
| week the hearing on the soldiers monument
Of Portland, on the age of consent, and the
| Portland and her neighbors concerning
| Pride's and Str0udwater bridges will occur
tomorrow before the ways and bridges COM
mittee
Railroad Legislation.
The Mayor of Bangor sent in to-day his
| petition that the act allowing the Monson
railway to extend its line to Moosehead Lake
be repealed. He represents that the proposed
| line is parallel to the Bangor and Pseata-
| quis and would harm the latter road. He
also represents that the act passed two years
| ago was put through without proper hear
ing.
The corporators of the Rumford Falls,
Andover and Rangeley Lakes Railway Com
pany petition that that company be author
lied to enter into traffic contract with or
lease its road to the Grand Trunk Railway
company.
The bill authorizing the extension Of the |
York Harbor and Beach railroad provides |
for the continuance of the road from its ter |
minus in the town of York. through Wells |
to a junction with the Boston q Maine near |
increase of capital stock to S500000
An interesting bill also presented to-day |
provides Tor the incorporation of the Malta |
wamkeag, Medway and Mt Katahdin rail |
road company for the construction of a road |
from Mattawamkeag ON the Maine Central |
to Medway, and thence through the inter |
Yening plantations to Patten. The bill also |
authorizes the construction Of branch road |
leaving the main line somewhere between |
Patten and Medway, and extending to the |
summit of Mt. Katahdin. The company is |
given by the bill until Dec. l. 1890 to locate |
the road, and until Dec. 81, 1895 to construct |
it. Prominent gentlemen in Bangor and the |
eastern and northern part Of the State are |
interested in this scheme to make Katahdin |
the Mt. Washington OF Maine.
Loan and Trust Companies.
This Legislature has been remarkable for
the number of banking projects set afoot, |
and the bills presented seem to indicate a
a profitable form Of investment for capital
talists. Today bill was presented to char
ter the Cumberland Loan and Trust Compa-
ny, of which John E. Dewitt, S. r. Small, f.
n. Dow, Henry b. Cleayes, L. ID. M. Swett
w. ii. Moulton, f. E. Barrett ]. p. Dom
worth, A. L. Lumbert, John NJ. Robbins, A.
r. Savage, C. C. Burrill, E. B. Mallett, W.
I. Cobb, Weston Lewis and Edward Hard
ing are named as incorporators. The capi-
tai stock is placed at 100000, and they can
not commence business until $4,000 is paid
in. The 100000 may be increased. The
bill allows the company to hold real estate
for its own use in Portland, Of a value not |
exceeding 100000. 1t must keep a reserve
Of not less than 25 per cent. Of the aggregate |
amount of all deposits which are subject to /
withdrawal on demand. The stockholders
are liable to the full amount of the stock.
Another corporation for the incorporation |
of which a bill was presented today is called |
the Bangor Loan and Trust Company. Its |
incOrporators are S. Il. Humphrey, l.. +.
Stratton, J. G. Blake, J. r. Snow, w. Z.
BBrown Brown u BSrrows T6e ospita
stock is 100000, which may be increased to
$1.OO0,0OO.
Still another of these companies, for which
a bill of incorporation was presented today, |
is the Merchants Trust and Banking compa-
ny. Its incorporaters are Ellsworth men.
They want capital stock of from $4,000 to
$250O00.
The Peoples Trust company ask for an
amendment to their charter so that in the
matter of reserve they may be put on the
same basis as is contemplated in the charters
which are now presented from the new com
panies.
Matters of Interest in Portland.
The House today ordered the committee
on judiciary to inquire into the expediency
of granting to the city of Portland more con-
troll than it now enjoys by statute over the
erection of buildings within its corporate
limits. The same committee is ordered to |
inquire into the expediency of amending the
law relative to the choice of experimenting |
school committee of the city of Port land.
Mr.. Hawkes. Of Portland, introduced today
the following bill entitled IAN act regulating
the appointment of deputy marshals of the
city Of Portland:
Section 1.-The Deputy Marshals of the City of
Portland shall hereafter be appointed byand hold
ONCE during the pleasure of the Mayor.
Section 2-All acts inconsistent with this act
are hereby repealed
Section 3-ThiS act shall take effect when ap-
proved.
A resolve appropriating 81, 900 for the st.
Elizabeth Catholic Orphan Asylum has been
reported favorably from committee, and has
passed its first stages in the House.
The petitions of Cumberland County Sc
lectmen that all damages caused by the lay
ing out Of the ferry way over Portland Pier
may be put on to Portland, are coming in
fast. Today were received the prayers of
the selectmen of Brunswick, Cumberland,
Sebago Harrison and several other towns.
Mr.. Woodman Of Westbrook brought in
today petition of land owners along the
Cumberland and Oxford.Canal protesting
against any legislation which shall revest in
the corporation, its mortgages or asslgnees,
any rights of property in the canal.
This evening the committee on legal affairs |
heard lawyers from Portland spar over the
subject of Cape Elizabeth's water supply. |
County Attorney Seders appeared for the
Cape Elizabeth Water Company, which now
asks a charter. The Portland Water Com
pany, which now has the rightto supply the
Cape, sent Hon. Nathan Ceayes, A. A.
Strout, ESQ.,, and +. III. Hariord, Esq, to
oppose. They spent all the evening discuss
ing the question, but finally adjourned to
another day.
County Officers and Their Affairs.
The county attorney of Sagadahoc county
wants his salary increased to $3.50 year,
and bill has been introduced to grant this
increase.
Frank Wilson, Register o. Probate for
York county, represents that the duties of
his office are increasing, and therefore he
petitions for a yearly allowance OF 800 |
year for clerk hire.
The County Commissioners 4 York coun-
ty want authority to procure aloan to com
| plete the ledger index in the once OF the
| Register Of Deeds.
Saco Driving PARK.
Mr.. Clark of Saco presented today bill
TO incorporate the Saco Driving Park Asso-
citation. The incorporators arr well known
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